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caber::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pole |
Examples of caber
caber
I took a deep breath, clenched tight and took a step forward, caber still in hand.
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The trickiest and most dangerous of all is the caber toss, which is also the crowd favorite.
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Watching him throw the caber probably was my favorite thing to do.
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That day, as the caber went up, he tripped down, in a pothole, dropping the log to the ground.
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The festival has a Scottish theme this weekend, meaning you have two chances to see a caber toss.
From the washingtonpost.com
The caber, like a phone pole, is lifted by one end, balanced standing and tossed end-over-end.
From the delawareonline.com
The caber weighed about 100 pounds and was about 19 feet long.
From the stltoday.com
I knew a man who not only tossed but even sawed his own caber, but he was totally Californian.
From the guardian.co.uk
As the caber fell back again he looked down to find his fingers running parallel with the back of his hand.
From the ocregister.com
- A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)
- The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event practised at the Scottish Highland Games involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber, similar to a telephone pole or power pole. It is said to have developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms to cross them. ...
- Caber is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
- In Greek mythology, the Cabeiri, Cabiri or Kabiri (Ancientu00A0Greek: u039Au03ACu03B2u03B5u03B9u03C1u03BFu03B9, Ku00E1beiroi) were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshiped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus, centered in the north Aegean islands of Lemnos and possibly Samothraceu2014at the Samothrace temple complexu2014and at Thebes...
- A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games
- This is the premier Scottish event. The competitor must "pick" a caber, run and toss it so it lands straight out from him/her at a 12 o'clock position. The Caber is tossed for accuracy not distance. The judge must "call it" just as the stick hits the ground. ...
